NEWS 2010

These are the changes on the blog for 2010

1) Samplers

I will be posting the samplers, since they are the most important thing on this blog. However, there will be some changes:

1-1) The new name of the sampler will be "Fire in the Pub". Firstly, the name of the blog is "Celtic Folk Punk and More" and some bands are not "comfortable" under the old name (The Celtic Punk Sampler), since they play Celtic Rock, British Folk Punk etc., but not really Celtic Punk.

Secondly, "Fire in the Pub" is the name of the show at Celtic-Rock.de Internet Station. Given that the bands featured on the sampler got airplay there, I feel that it would be better that both have the same name.

1-2) Till now I have been posting 2 samplers/month. Unfortunately, to keep this frequency is difficult. So I will be posting at least 1 sampler/month.

1-3) The majority of the 2009 samplers were geographic, they tried to show the scene in a particular country. This year the bands featured on the sampler could be from different countries.

2) Free downloads

These downloads are as important as the samplers and I will try to post 1/month.

3) You Tube vids

During 2009 I have been posting mainly videos showing old bands that are worth hearing, but little by little I will be posting videos featuring new bands.

4) Bootlegs

The aim of the blog is to help the bands and to supply the fans with free legal music. But I know that some people are also interested in these recordings of independent origin (ROIO) which have not been officially released. Last year I posted 11 bootlegs and I expect to post a bigger quantity this year. I will try to post different bands.

Anyway, there are some bands that I would like to post, but unfortunately I don't have any of their bootlegs. Therefore, I would appreciate very much if somebody could send me bootlegs of the following bands: The Real McKenzies, Greenland Whalefishers, Neck and Wolfstone.

5) Reviews

This is one of the really new things for 2010. I started this blog without a plan, the original idea was to post a sampler of legal music featuring new bands. And little by little the other elements (free downloads, videos, bootlegs) were added.

Some bands asked me please to post reviews and I thought that it was the next step. However, I am not very good at writing reviews. So I contacted Christopher Toler (THE Blathering Gommel) and John Murphy from Shite'n'Onions and we reach easily and agreement. Chris will write reviews about the bands featured on this blog and these reviews could be published both at Shite'n'Onions and at this blog. I would like to thank Chris and John for inspiration, friendship and support.

Please keep on visiting Shite'n'Onions, since you will find there a lot of things that are not posted on this blog, including the Shite'n'Onions Podcast. John has been doing an excellent work since 2001 and all of us should thank him for his support to the Paddypunk scene.

www.shitenonions.com

www.myspace.com/shitenonions

www.myspace.com/mistertoler

6) Interviews

This is the second request I have had. So I will try to interview some bands and post here the interviews. Stay tuned!